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NIRA is seeking a Program Manager - eDiscovery to support a federal eDiscovery and digital evidence review capability for the United States Attorneys organization (USAO) and USAO prosecution teams.This is a business, mission, and stakeholder-facing role. The ideal candidate understands Department of Justice (DOJ) eDiscovery processes, USAO litigation-support operations, digital evidence workflows, and the practical needs of attorneys, paralegals, litigation-support staff, investigators, and case teams.The role will help translate prosecution and eDiscovery needs into requirements, priorities, user stories, training needs, adoption plans, and implementation actions. The candidate must also bring working knowledge of project management, product management, or IT operations management to coordinate work across development, operations, implementation, vendor, and Government stakeholders.The supported mission involves enterprise eDiscovery for USAOs nationwide, including high-volume cell phone, social media, multimedia, message, metadata, and other unstructured evidence sources that must be reviewed and produced under legal deadlines.Key ResponsibilitiesServe as the senior business-facing lead for eDiscovery support to the United States Attorneys organization.Provide SME support on DOJ eDiscovery processes, including evidence intake, review, search, tagging, privilege review, redaction, production, auditability, and case-team collaboration.Work with USAO, EOUSA, DOJ, vendor, and contractor stakeholders to identify business needs and resolve workflow gaps.Translate legal and litigation-support needs into requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, backlog priorities, training materials, and implementation actions.Coordinate with Development, Operations, and Implementation leads to keep delivery aligned with USAO mission needs.Support pilot planning, user adoption, stakeholder communications, training readiness, and field feedback.Track business risks, adoption barriers, decisions, issues, and corrective actions.Prepare clear status updates for Government and NIRA leadership.Required QualificationsBachelor's degree or equivalent experience.15 Years of Experiences5-7 years of experience in eDiscovery, litigation support, legal technology, federal mission support, business analysis, product ownership, project coordination, or IT service delivery.Direct experience with DOJ eDiscovery processes is required.Experience supporting one or more of the following:USAO or EOUSADOJ litigation-support or eDiscovery programsFederal prosecution teamsLaw enforcement or investigative digital evidence workflowsLarge-scale eDiscovery or legal technology platformsStrong understanding of eDiscovery workflows, including evidence intake, matter setup, document review, privilege review, tagging, search, redaction, production, Bates numbering, audit trails, chain of custody, and case-team collaboration.Working knowledge of at least one of the following:Project managementProduct managementIT operations management / ITSMAbility to communicate effectively with attorneys, litigation-support staff, investigators, business analysts, technical teams, vendors, and Government leadership.Ability to obtain and maintain High-Risk Public Trust, Tier 4 / PSL Level 6 suitability.Ability to support hybrid work and onsite meetings in Washington, DC as required.Preferred QualificationsPrior USAO, EOUSA, DOJ, FBI, DEA, ATF, HSI, IRS-CI, or federal prosecution-support experience.Experience with tools such as Relativity, Everlaw, Reveal, Concordance, Nuix, Cellebrite, GrayKey, Magnet AXIOM, TrialDirector, CaseMap, or similar platforms.Experience with cell phone data, social media data, cloud account data, email, chat, multimedia, forensic extractions, or metadata-rich evidence.Experience supporting pilots, national rollouts, user training, stakeholder engagement, or adoption campaigns.PMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP, CSPO, CSM, SAFe, ITIL Foundation, Lean Six Sigma, ACEDS, RCA, CEDS, or similar certification.